"Daddy!" Nicole squealed. "Where are we going to go on another horse ride?""Soon pumpkin, soon." He smiled at his little girl."I miss Mocha, I haven't been riding in such a long time." The ten year old girl frowned."Okay pumpkin, how about we go tomorrow after school? I'll pick you up and we'll go. Sound good?"Nicole squealed as she jumped up and down and hugged her fathers legs. "Thank you daddy! I love you!""I love you too, pumpkin." He mumbled, smiling as he kissed her forehead.❀"Nicole! Jason's here!" Drew called her down. Nicole sat up in her recliner and rubbed her eyes. She yawned as she closed the book that was in her lap and made her way downstairs."Hey," he grinned."Hey." Nicole smiled back."Don't have sex please.." Drew groaned before he grabbed his coat and left the house.Nicole's cheeks tinged pink."So, movies?" Jason asked. Nicole nodded her head, grabbing her things before the two walked out to his car."You look tired," Jason said as they were driving.Nico

"But you're right, there is more to it." She smiled sadly. I guess it was time for history to be revealed.."We were friends, all of us.. Best friends," she started."Hey Nicole! Are you coming to Jason's after school?" Parker asked as they both sat at their desks, working of some math worksheets."I think so," She nodded. "Mum said she'd drop off some cupcakes.. You know her and her baking," she chuckled."Hey, your mom makes good cupcakes!" Parker retorted."I hear you guys talking about cupcakes," Seth mumbled, a grin on his face as he pulled a chair over and joined."We were the best of friends.. You know all that basic and cliche stuff like hanging out everyday, play days to sleepovers to the littlest but most best memories, things like having flour fights and drawing on whoever falls asleep firsts face.. All that until one day.." Nicole sighed."Nicole.. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to.." Logan said slowly and softly.Nicole shook her head, "It's alright.""Anyway

Nicole had skipped another few days at school and nobody had found out about the breakup except for Logan. Asher had texted her asking if she was coming to school on Tuesday since she hadn't on Monday and she replied telling him to let the others know that she would be with her aunt in Texas for a few days. She did have an aunt in Texas so she didn't think much about it when she used it as an excuse. Logan knew that her aunt was just an excuse so he had called her later that day after Asher let everyone know and Nicole explained that she just needed time to clear her head. She really didn't want to interact with anyone. She had too much to think about and too many things to occupy her mind so she spent her days sleeping in until 4pm, then taking long baths, having movie marathons all night long and going on midnight strolls around town when her brother was asleep so she wouldn't get questioned. She really just needed time to figure herself out. She had a few texts and missed calls

Ever since middle school, my brother had these two best friends; Paul and Jonah. After my dad passed, things between them started getting a little rocky but they still managed to stay close and all. Anyways, I heard my brother on the phone one day and all I knew was that something was going on because he sounded really stressed out, worried and scared. I overheard some of the conversation and I figured it was about money. Obviously the first thing that came to my mind was something about drugs," she muttered. "A few months passed and he was getting more distant; which was weird and abnormal because we had always been so close. One night I was going to sleep over at Serena's but then she got sick and wasn't feeling well so I went home but when I walked home, I heard bickering so I listened in- which I know I shouldn't have been doing but I did and that's when I heard Drew, Paul and Jonah arguing about something that had to do with money -,"You owe us," Paul muttered."You told me we w

"You know, we all could've fit into one car." Seth chuckled as he messed around with the radio stations.Nicole bit her lip and mentally cursed at Jason who had forced her to drive alone with Seth in one car while the other four guys carpooled in the other car together.Nicole was driving while Seth was in shot gun. She took this as a chance to admit her feelings to him but she just couldn't find the words to do it. Every time she opened her mouth hoping to grow a pair of balls and come clean about how she felt, her shoulders would feel like there were millions of bricks falling down onto them, that made it almost impossible for her to even start to form a single word about how she was head over heels for him."Yeah, I don't really know how we decided on this seating arrangement but at least the ride isn't too far," she agreed, chuckling awkwardly in attempts to cover up how out of place and uneasy she felt right now."So, how have things been?" Seth asked, changing the subject. He ti